Application development activities are conducted throughout the entire project life cycle; from project concept through architecture & design, construction, testing, implementation and support. 

Specific responsibilities include:

*          Analysis of requirements, design, application construction, unit / integration testing, technical documentation preparation, design and code reviews participation, implementation and post implementation support.   

*          Ongoing application support / maintenance including bug fixes, application enhancements, capacity, performance and disaster recovery testing and various ad hoc requests.  

*          Leadership and guidance of other development staff on various development assignments.  Liaison, negotiation and coordination of activities with various other business and technical groups.

*          Assessment of and input to technical viability and cost effectiveness of various project proposals.  Identification, estimation, scheduling, monitoring and delivery of various application deliverables.

*          Preparation of application operational / procedural documentation for users and technical support staff.  Documentation to be produced according to divisional standards.

*          Maintaining an understanding of current computer technologies and industry related applications with a particular focus on the securities industry.  Keeps abreast of and industry market directions and policies, regulations and future development plans.

Must Have Skills:

*          University degree in electrical or computer science engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience

*          Proficient experience with application programming and transaction processing concepts and techniques.

*          Strong experience developing real time multi-tiered systems with a minimum five years working experience in UNIX, Linux, C++, Java and OO analysis and design.

*          Working Knowledge of UML, Rational Rose and exposure to TIBco Rendezvous products, familiarity with BEA Tuxedo, JMS, or other Middleware.

*          Ability to work with different users and stakeholders.

*          Organized, focused and persistent.

*          Excellent interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills.

*          Ability to manage and balance multiple, concurrent assignments.

*          Securities industry knowledge or Canadian Securities Course completion would be an asset